London’s Urban Art Fair Celebrates Its 10th Birthday
Founded in 2002 Urban Art 2012, is London’s largest annual open air Contemporary Arts Fair and takes place along the… Read More
21 June 2012
Art News
LeRoy Neiman Artist Hero Of Andy Warhol Dies Aged 91
The commercial artist LeRoy Neiman, who produced work for five Olympics has died age 91. He was one of the… Read More
21 June 2012
Artes Mundi 5 Shortlist For £40k Prize Announced
Artes Mundi 5 is to present the work of seven groundbreaking contemporary artists of growing international importance, at the National… Read More
20 June 2012
SEAN WORRALL LAYERS COLLABORATIONS DEPOSITORIES AT CULTIVATE VYNER STREET
A WEEK LONG GALLERY EVENT AT CULTIVATE VYNER STREET For one week, the ever changing gallery space that is CULTIVATE… Read More
20 June 2012
Christo and Jeanne-Claude Happy Belated Birthday
13 June marked the birthday of both Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the environmental art superstar duo. Bulgarian Christo Vladimirov Javacheff and… Read More
20 June 2012
Tracey Emin Unveils Seven Sculptures In London’s Square Mile
The City of London Corporation has announced the unveiling of seven sculptures in London’s Square Mile by internationally renowned artists… Read More
20 June 2012
Equestrian War Sculpture In Soap Returns To Cavendish Square
Written in Soap, A Plinth Project will be a new public art commission by Korean artist Meekyoung Shin (b. 1967… Read More
20 June 2012
Street Artist Sought In Connection With Vandalised Picasso
A vandal who spray painted a Pablo Picasso painting on exhibit at the Houston Museum with a stencil of a… Read More
20 June 2012
Art Fund Museum of the Year Awarded To Royal Albert Memorial Museum
The Art Fund have announced today that Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum has won this year’s £100,000 Art Fund Prize… Read More
20 June 2012
Vicky Wright illuminating Current Power Struggles
Review – The Garments of the Dominators 1 June -6 July 2012 Josh Lilley Gallery Josh Lilley Gallery, situated on… Read More
20 June 2012
Environment Is A Strong Informant Embracing Energies That Inspire
Artist Amanda McGregor explores the connection between nature and creativity I was at the Rural Museum in Reading at the… Read More
19 June 2012
Cultural Olympiad Launches With First Rate Visual Art Lineup
The London 2012 Festival opens with a bang and a bounce as Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller exhibits his… Read More
19 June 2012
Howard Hodgkin Robert Frost A Dark Beyond Colour – Review
I have only just thought that the title of this exhibition may well be a pun, as well as a… Read More
19 June 2012
Nancy Holt Mechanisms of Perception Haunch of Venison
Review – Holt’s work ‘places emphasis on the mechanisms of perception, on ideas about place and time and consciousness, and… Read More
19 June 2012
Sotheby’s Contemporary June Sale Offers Pop Art Masterpiece Plus
Sotheby’s is to offer for sale a magnificent and encompassing assembly of Post-war & Contemporary art on 26 June. Headlining… Read More
18 June 2012
Michael Landy Artist In Residence At National Gallery
SAINTS ALIVE, is a new sculptural installation by Michael Landy who will also be the 2013 Rootstein Hopkins Associate Artist… Read More
18 June 2012
Paul Jenkins New York Color Field Painter Dies At 88
Paul Jenkins the post abstract expressionist and ‘Color Field’ painter has died in New York age 88. He was widely associated with the Color Field movement
17 June 2012
Kate Middleton Takes Art Room To C S Lewis Classic
Kate Middleton has had a very busy weekend indeed. On Friday she attended a special performance of the C S… Read More
17 June 2012
Olympic Homage Gagosian Presents Warhol and Basquiat Painting
To coincide with the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, Gagosian Gallery is pleased to presentOlympic Rings, a painting made… Read More
17 June 2012
Allen Jones Retrospective Celebrates His 75th Birthday
The British Pop artist Allen Jones who caused an international furor in 1969 with his provocative furniture sculptures is mounting… Read More
16 June 2012
Victoria Pomery Turner Contemporary Director Awarded Diamond OBE
It was announced this morning that Victoria Pomery, Director of Turner Contemporary has been awarded an OBE for services to… Read More
16 June 2012
Peter Blake and Zaha Hadid Create BT Artboxes
The tried and true old British phone box which was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott to commemorate King George… Read More
16 June 2012
The Way Artists See Themselves New Courtauld Exhibition
Portrait of the Artist As. Sarah Lucas Marc Quinn Frances Bacon Edvard Munch and Vincent van Gogh. The exhibition Portrait… Read More
15 June 2012
James Franco Comes To The ICA For A Chat
The artist, author, and Oscar nominated Hollywood actor James Franco will be appearing in conversation with Katie Puckrik at the… Read More
15 June 2012
Baloise Art Prize Announced at Art 43 Basel
The 14th annual Baloise Art Prize has been awarded to Simon Denny from New Zealand and Karsten Födinger from Germany…. Read More
15 June 2012
Anish Kapoor New Exhibition At Yorkshire Sculpture Park
The first major survey of Anish Kapoor’s work opens tomorrow (16 June) at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. It is the… Read More
15 June 2012
Ai Weiwei Art Basel Broadcast Protests His House Arrest
Ai Weiwei has released a new video on YouTube stating that his house arrest, which has lasted since his release… Read More
14 June 2012
Christie’s Contemporary Art Evening to Open Up June Auction Season
On the evening of the 27 of June Christie’s will feature a plethora of amazing artists and sell above and… Read More
13 June 2012
Apple Set To Take Art World By Storm
Apple has finally launched its latest and greatest Macbook which is set to take the art world by storm. With… Read More
13 June 2012
Georges Mathieu Pioneer Lyrical Abstract Painter Dies
One of the best known abstract painters Georges Mathieu has died age 91. In the 1950s and 1960s his reputation was widespread and he was one of best known artists in France.
13 June 2012
Heatherwick Studio Creates Surprising New Facade For London’s V&A
In honour of the new special exhibition opening today, Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary, the V&A commissioned a temporary installation… Read More
12 June 2012
Gloria Zein Can’t Stop The Dancing Chicken
A historic building on Exhibition Road re-opens its doors to an unexpected art installation: a vibrantly painted staircase inside complemented by shape-shifting sculptures
12 June 2012